RussianHistory.pptVIP

AIMS Stalin wants large “reparations” from Germany and a buffer zone of friendly states to protect Russia from future invasions USA and Great Britain want to protect democracy and help Germany recover from WWII Worried that large areas of Eastern Europe would become communist What happens to countries that are poor and controlled by dictators? RESENTMENT About History Soviet Union Could not forget that USA and Great Britain tried to interfere in the Russian Revolution Believed USA and Great Britain waited too long to enter WWII Great Britain USA Could not forget that Russia pulled out of WWI after Russia Revolution Could not forget (or forgive!) that Stalin signed Non-Aggression Pact with Hitler in 1939. Events Yalta Conference USA Atomic Bomb Iron Curtain Speech Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan NATO formed Berlin Blockade Soviet Atomic Bomb Korean War Warsaw Pact Vietnam War Sputnik Launched Bay of Pigs Invasion Cuban Missile Crisis Berlin Wall built JFK Assassination USA Moon landing End of Cold War events Russian History Lecture #4 Cold War Events 1945 - 1991 Events of the Cold War Yalta Conference USA Atomic Bomb Iron Curtain Speech Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan NATO formed Berlin Blockade Soviet Atomic Bomb Korean War Warsaw Pact Vietnam War Sputnik Launched Bay of Pigs Invasion Cuban Missile Crisis Berlin Wall built JFK Assassination USA Moon landing End of Cold War events 1945 - Yalta Conference Deciding what to do with Germany after WWII Decision: Spilt Germany into 4 areas of control Berlin Also Divided Same control structure as rest of Germany 1945 - USA Drops Atomic Bomb on Japan 220,000 Japanese killed in 3 days Russians worried that next bomb will be dropped on them 1946 - Iron Curtain Speech Winston Churchill Tells Stalin, “ We’re watching you” Says that USA has a DUTY to spread democracy around the world Speech 1947 – Truman Doctrine “Containment” of Communism Wants to stop the spread of communism to new countries 1947 – Marshall Plan Giving